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【見出し、囲み部分】牡丹花（ぼたんくは）《割書：三月｜中｜花咲》
【囲みの外】花に大白大紅有紫うす紫有うす紅そこ紅口紅其外
万々有牡丹は総体（そうたい）を九品（くぼん）に分（わけ）て見（み）るべし九品といふは
一（いち）位（ゐ）二（に）形（ぎやう）三 色（しき）四 重（じう）五 実（じつ）六 蕊（すい）七 葩（は）八 葉（よう）九 木（ぼく）也一に位（くらゐ）といふに四等（しとう）の分（ぶん）
有一 位（ゐ）未見（いまだみず）二位三位をよしとする四位は有ふれたるとそ○二に形（かたち）と云
に五様あり富貴（ふうき）艶麗（えんれい）厳格（げんかく）乱雑（らんざつ）枯槁（こかう）なり富貴艶麗をよしとす○
三に色に二種有 咲出（さきだし）あかみたる様なるは珠玉咲（しゆぎよくさき）也 青（あを）みたるやうなるは
碧玉（へきぎよく）咲也珠玉咲はつや有て碧玉咲は花につやなし又是にたがへる
も有べし酔（えひ）ありしみ有酔しみあるは上花（しやうくは）の外（ほか）なるべし○四に重（かさね）は
五ッ葩（はなびら）より十五葩に至て一重とす廿葩より四十葩迄を八重とす四十
五葩より百葩までを千重とす百葩の外万重とす八重千重を
よしとす○五に実（み）に形容（けいよう）大小（だいせう）高下（かうげ）赤白（せきびやく）有白に黄白有銀白青
白有赤に薄（うす）赤 木瓜（ぼけ）色 濃（こい）赤 薄（うす）紫こい紫黒色あり形（かたち）に瓶子（へいし）有
実（み）のかしら五つにわれ七つにわるゝあり白は銀白□【紅】は濃（こき）有
小瓶子（こへいし）をよしとす芥子実（けしみ）鈴実（すゞみ）ともいふ○六に蕊（しべ）は
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すべて黄なり淡濃（たんのう）多少（たせう）長短（ちようたん）あり黄にして少（ちいさき）をよしとす
○七つに葩（はなびら）は厚円（かうえん）薄鈌（はくけつ）有■【注】縮有ひらめくつほむ厚円（かうえん）にして
つぼむをよしとす○八￣に葉（は）に大小長短 頻縮（ひんしゆく）弱垂（じやくすい）円尖（ゑんせん）あり其
いろ紫 碧（みどり）淡濃（うすきこき）あり細長（さいちやう）にしてつよきをよしとす兼（かね）たる
色（いろ）をよしとす○九 木（き）に強直（きやうちよく）なるもあり巻曲（けんきよく）なるもあり
のびやかにほそく直（すぐ）なる有すなをにのびやかなるをよしとす
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賈耽（かたんが）花譜（くはふに）云（いはく）牡丹（ぼたん）唐人（たうじん）謂（いふ）＿二之（これを）木芍薬（ぼくしやくやくと）＿一欧公（をうこうが）牡丹（ぼたんの）
譜（ふに）有（あり）＿二 九十 余種（よしゆ）＿一又（また）易州進奉（いしうしんほう）十九 種（しゆ）今時（こんじは）則（すなはち）名（めい）
類（るい）又（また）多（をゝし）矣 坡（はが）云（いはく）看（みる）＿二牡丹（ぼたんを）＿一法（はう）《振り仮名：当＿レ在＿二｜まさにあるべし》午前（ごぜんに）＿一過（すぐ▢[る]ときは）＿レ午（ごを）則 離（り）
披（ひす）此花（このはな）分（わけて）接（つぎ）当（あたつて）＿二於 秋（あき）九月（くぐはつに）＿一移植（うつしうへ）当（あたる）＿二於 開花時（かいくはのとき▢[に]）【一点有】舒（じよ）
元輿（げんよ）有（あり）＿二牡丹賦（ぼたんのふ）＿一丘璿（きうえい）有（あり）＿二牡丹栄辱志（ぼたんえいじよくし）＿一
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【見出し、囲み部分】開元遺事【囲みの外】牡丹（ぼたんは）花木妖（くはぼくのよう也）明皇時（めいくはうのとき）沈香亭前（ちんかうていのまへ）木芍（ぼくしやく）
薬（やく）盛（さかんに）開（ひらく）一枝（いつし）両頭（りやうとう）朝（あしたには）深碧（しんへき）暮（くれには）深黄（しんくはう）葉（は）粉（しろく）昼夜間（ちうやのあいだ）
香艶（かうゑん）異（ことなり）帝曰（ていのいはく）此（これ）花木妖（くはぼくのよう）也（なり）賜（たまふ）＿二楊国忠（やうこくちうに）＿一
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英語訳
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【Heading, boxed section】Peony Flower (Botan-ka) 《Side note: Blooms in mid-March》
【Outside the box】The flowers come in large white, large crimson, purple, light purple, light pink, deep pink, and lip red, with countless other varieties. Peonies should be evaluated by dividing them into nine categories. The nine categories are: first - rank, second - form, third - color, fourth - layering, fifth - seed pod, sixth - stamens, seventh - petals, eighth - leaves, ninth - stem. First, regarding rank, there are four grades. First rank is rarely seen; second and third ranks are considered good. Fourth rank is common. Second, regarding form, there are five types: wealthy/noble, glamorous, dignified, chaotic, and withered. Wealthy and glamorous forms are considered best. Third, regarding color, there are two types. Those that bloom with a reddish tint are called "jewel bloom." Those with a bluish tint are called "jade bloom." Jewel blooms have luster, while jade blooms lack luster in their flowers. There may also be variations from these. Some have an intoxicated appearance with staining. Those with intoxicated staining are likely superior flowers. Fourth, regarding layering: from five to fifteen petals is considered single-layered. From twenty to forty petals is considered double-layered. From forty-five to one hundred petals is considered thousand-layered. Beyond one hundred petals is called ten-thousand-layered. Double and thousand-layered are considered best. Fifth, regarding seed pods, there are variations in shape, size, height, and red-white coloring. White includes yellow-white, silver-white, and blue-white. Red includes light red, quince color, dark red, light purple, dark purple, and black. The shape includes bottle-shaped pods. Some seed heads split into five parts, others into seven. Among whites, silver-white is good; among reds, dark ones are good. Small bottle-shaped pods are considered best. Also called poppy seeds or bell seeds. Sixth, regarding stamens:
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All are yellow. There are variations in light-dark, many-few, and long-short. Yellow and few in number are considered best. Seventh, regarding petals: there are thick-round and thin-notched varieties, with wrinkled, fluttering, and budding types. Thick-round and budding are considered best. Eighth, regarding leaves: there are large-small, long-short, frequently wrinkled, weakly drooping, and round-pointed varieties. Their colors include purple, green, in light and dark shades. Slender, long, and strong ones are considered best. Mixed colors are considered good. Ninth, regarding stems: some are strong and straight, some are curved and bent, some are gracefully slender and straight. Those that grow straight and gracefully are considered best.
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Jia Dan's Flower Manual says: Peonies are called "tree peonies" by the Tang people. Ou Gong's Peony Manual contains over ninety varieties. Also, Yi Province contributed nineteen varieties. Nowadays, the named varieties are even more numerous. Su Shi said: The method for viewing peonies should be in the morning. After noon passes, they become disheveled. These flowers should be divided and grafted in autumn's ninth month, and transplanted during blooming time. Shu Yuanyu wrote "Peony Rhapsody." Qiu Xuan wrote "Record of Peony's Glory and Disgrace."
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【Heading, boxed section】Kaigen Remnant Records
【Outside the box】Peonies are supernatural among flowering trees. During Emperor Minghuang's time, tree peonies bloomed magnificently in front of Chenxiang Pavilion. One branch with two heads: deep blue-green in the morning, deep yellow at dusk, with white leaves. The fragrance and beauty differed between day and night. The Emperor said, "This flower is supernatural among trees," and bestowed it upon Yang Guozhong.